(Nov. 23, 2023) On Aug. 27, 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant stepped off the River Queen at Steamboat Wharf. It was the first time an incumbent president of the United States would set …
Marshall Jewell was born in Winchester in October of 1825. Jewell was the fourth generation of his family to live in Winchester. He was also the fourth generation to earn
In early 1917, social news about the State Historical Society’s second librarian, Miss Georgia Carpenter, made the columns of the Bismarck Tribune. She was engaged to Charles Hageman of Bismarck. Charles was a travelling salesman for a Duluth hardware company. The two would be marrying in Randolph, New York, from where she hailed, although they planned to make their home in Bismarck.
October is Archives Month, where archives around the country celebrate the records in their holdings and recognize the archivists who assess, collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to information of lasting value. This special Dakota Datebook series focuses on stories from the North Dakota State Archives, which is part of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
In 1911, the State Historical Society of North Dakota had only one paid employee with an office in the capitol. In 1914, the first librarian was hired. And in November of 1915, Mrs. Katherine Jewell was hired as the first newspaper clerk.